Biden tries to reassure allies of continued US support for Ukraine after Congress drops aid request | AP News

Biden tries to reassure allies of continued US support for Ukraine after Congress drops aid request | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden convened a call Tuesday with U.S. allies and partners to coordinate future support for Ukraine after Congress passed — and he signed — legislation that kept the U.S. government funded but dropped his request for billions of dollars to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Details on specifics

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Tunisia rejects European funds and says they fall short of a deal for migration and financial aid | AP News

Tunisia rejects European funds and says they fall short of a deal for migration and financial aid | AP News

Tunisia on Monday announced it would reject an installment of funds sent by Europe to help the debt-ridden country patrol the Mediterranean Sea as migrant boat crossings spike to levels not seen in several years.President Kais Saied on Monday accused the European Union of not following through on agreements made earlier this year to help

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2 workers conducting polls for Mexico’s ruling party killed, 1 kidnapped in southern Mexico | AP News

2 workers conducting polls for Mexico’s ruling party killed, 1 kidnapped in southern Mexico | AP News

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Tuesday that assailants have killed two workers who were conducting internal polling for his Morena party in southern Mexico. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said a third worker was kidnapped and remains missing. The three were part of a group of five employees who were conducting polls in

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EU announces new aid package to Ethiopia, the first since the war in the Tigray region ended | AP News

EU announces new aid package to Ethiopia, the first since the war in the Tigray region ended | AP News

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The European Union has pledged assistance worth 650 million euros to Ethiopia, nearly three years after it cut direct aid to the East African country over atrocities committed in a bloody civil war.Jutta Urpilainen, the EU commissioner for international partnerships, announced the agreement during a press conference with Ethiopian Finance Minister

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Pakistan announces big crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans | AP News

Pakistan announces big crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans | AP News

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government announced a major crackdown Tuesday on migrants in the country illegally, saying it would expel them starting next month and raising alarm among foreigners without documentation who include an estimated 1.7 million Afghans.The country’s caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said the crackdown was not aimed at Afghans and would apply

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A government shutdown in Nigeria has been averted after unions suspended a labor strike | AP News

A government shutdown in Nigeria has been averted after unions suspended a labor strike | AP News

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian government workers on Tuesday continued working after last-minute efforts by authorities averted a nationwide strike to protest growing hardship that could have shut down government services in Africa’s most populous country.The indefinite strike by Nigerian labor unions scheduled to start Tuesday is being suspended for 30 days, while meetings and

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